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The New Stack · October 18, 2026 · On the brief until November 1, 2026

AI has lowered the barrier to building. Here’s what that means for engineers.

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Lowering the barrier to building software

The New Stack reports that artificial intelligence has lowered the barrier to building software. Employees now generate their own applications with AI tools. Software engineers must spend more time verifying generated code and managing automated agents.

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Classes can examine whether lowering the barrier to software creation increases the burden of code verification.

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